What are the definitions of the racial/ethnic categories?
The definitions of the five racial/ethnic categories are as follows: AMERICAN INDIAN or ALASKAN NATIVE – A person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of North America, who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition. ASIAN or PACIFIC ISLANDER – A person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, or the Indian subcontinent. Included, for example, are peoples of China, Korea, the Philippine Islands, Samoa, and India. BLACK, NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN – A person having origins (ancestry) in any of the black racial groups of Africa. HISPANIC – A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin (ancestry), regardless of race. WHITE, NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN – A person having origins (ancestry) in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East. At the present time, only the above categories a
